Electical Questions | What are your specialties?

American Electrical has been serving customers in the Bay Area for 30 years (www.americanelectrical.us).

I’m Zalman Sher, President. I’ve been a licensed electrical contractor since 1984 and a general contractor since 1980. We started as Berkeley Electric in 1984, which later became American Electrical in 2000.

Growing up, my father was a wire worker in New York who made mannequins and department store displays. My father was an artist and sculptor (www.IzzySher.com). Like him, I was always extremely skilled with my hands. I started my first company at 12, doing welding projects for the neighborhood kids – fixing their bicycles and doing repair work for $2.50 an hour.

Today, I run a full-service operation dedicated to fulfilling our clients’ residential and commercial electrical needs. Our office on Santa Clara Avenue, in Alameda, responds to your calls within 24 hours.

We are also a General Contractor and are able to provide plumbing, framing, remodeling, concrete, sheet metal work and any of your other construction needs.

 American Electrical is your problem solver for all things electrical. In fact, you might have seen me on a program called, “House Detective,” which I did for HGTV. Each week, along with at home inspector, I figured out what work needed to be done – whether it was troubleshooting a defective breaker or completely rewiring a house.

Whatever your residential or commercial electrical needs or questions are, I’m confident American Electrical is your answer.